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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-26

Protection instead of Increasing
prices ultimately through competition
reduces them to the lowest point con.
sistent With prosperity. Neither Cap.
ital nor labor can afford to have them
lower.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-26

THEY do say that the 1000 Repub.
lican majority in Indianapolis SO soon
after the Presidents visit to that city
was worse snub than Foraker got.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-26

FREE TRADE and high wages is an
impOssibilty, nothing except demand
for Home Labor will properly reward
il.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-26

BY reducing American labor 80 per
cent might compete with England,
and &C per cent with Germany. Are
we ready for such suicidal reduction.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-26

ADDITIONAL TRAIN Leaves Kinzua
llO5am, Warren l250pm, Irvipeton las
pm, ridioute S:l5pm, 1iouesta S:0tpm, ar
rives Oil City 6.45pm.
ADprIoNAL rRAIN--Leaves OIL CITY
500 ann Oleopolis 6:i0 am, Eaglo Rock
t:55am, President 7:O2am, Tionesta 7:52am
Hickory S:40am, Turnkey 9:00am, It'd
odto 950am, Thompson ll:0c, arrives
lrvineton ll:30am, Warren l2;50pm, Kim
qua s:05pm, Sugar Run 220, Corydon 800,
Onovillo 3;l5, Wolf Kun $50, Quaker
Bridge a:io. Rcd House 4.iO, Salamanca
J:02, South Carrollton 5:SO, South Wanda
lia b;iS, Allegheny 6:ls, arrives olean
6:S0pm.
Trains run on Eastern limo.
TRAINS leaving Pittsburgh a0Oain, ar
riving Pittsburgh 7:25pm, are Solid Trains
between Buffalo and Pittsburgh.
TRAINS leaving Pittsburgh s:50pm. ar
irving Pittsburgh 7;3ham, are Solid Trains
with Pullman's Sleeping Cars between
Buffalo and Pittsburgh.
Tickets sold and baggage checked
TO all principal points
Get time tables giving full informntio n
from CompanVs Agents.
GEO. 5. GATCIIELL, Geul Supt,
J. y. FELLOWS,
Gen'l Pass'r am Ticket Agent.
No. 81 Exchange ST., Buffalo, n. Y.
j. l.. CRAIG. Agent, Tiouesta, PA.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-26

Protection to Home Labor is Re
publican policy-Protectiou TO foreign
labor is Democratic policy. Which
do you prefer2
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-26

DID you ever stop to think why the
people of other nations want free
trade here? Because it is to their ad.
vantage and to our disadvantage.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-26

WHEN the vest pocket voter is re.
inforced by the hearth and home voter
they make formidable team.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-26
allegheny VALLEY R. R.

Most direct route TO Pittsburgh and the
East. Only route landing passengers at
Union Station without delays or transfer.
Ea-T Trains run by Eastern Time.
Timo table in effect July To-, 1857.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-26
Proclamation of General
Election.

Whereas, in and by an act of the General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, entitled An Act to regulate the
Elections of the Commonwealth passed
the ID day of July, \. D., 1869, it is made
the duty of the Sheriff of every county
within this Commonwealth to give public
notice of the General Elections, and in
such to enumerate:
lst. The officers to be elected.
I'd. Designate the place at which ihe
election is to he held.
I. LEONARD AGNEW, High Sheriff
of the county of Forest, do hereby make
known and give this public notice to the
electors of the county of Forest, that a
General Election will be held in said coun-
ty, on
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-26
PENH'A AGRICULTURaL WORKS.

Steam Engines, Saw Mills, Hay Press
esi stump Pullers and Standard Agricul-
tural Implements generally. : Send foI
Catalogue. A. B. FARQUHAR. q SON,
York, Pa,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-26
Republican Ticket.

II
JUDICIARY.
Judge of the Supreme Court,
HENRY w. WILLIAMS.
Tioga County.
STATE.
State Treasurer,
WILLIAM d. HART,
Dauphin County.
COUNTY.
Prothonotary, &C.,
CALVIN NJ. ARNER.
Sheriff,
GEORGE w. SAWYER.
Commissioners,
J. J. PARSONS.
c. f. LEDEBUR.
Auditors.
r. u. GILLESPIE.
f. L. JONES.
Jury Commissioner,
@. II. CHURCH.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-26

G3J- Buffalo Sunday Train leaves Pitts
burgh 900 a. M, arrives at Oil City. 2:20
p. m. Returning, leaves Oil City 2;20 p.
m, arrives at Pittsburgh 7:45 p. m, stop
ping at all stations.
DAVID MCCARGO. Genl Supt.
E. II. UTLEY, Gen. Frt. 4 Pass. Agt.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-12
OWLs tn the West.


"Owls must be thicker than spiders
out in the country" remarked a South
Water street merchant yesterday as he
tossed a rigid specimen of the boot bird
into a barrel. "Nearly every consign-
ment we receive from the rural districts
is accompanied by a dead owl. We rot
a big white screecher in a crate OF Michi-
gan cabbages n day last week, and
while unpacking a barrel of popcorn
from Wisconsin the next day we picked
out a gray and brown owl as big as a
fre-plug and just about as stiff. Three
days later we found seven prairie owls in
a consignment of cartridges and chickens,
and now here's al owl from DuPaae
County with a beak on him like pepper.
Farmers take a great deal of pride in
sending such stuff along with their vege-
tables and game. They don't expect
any remuneration for such things; they
imagine that by sending them they gain
the good will of the commission men.
The street is surfeited with owls. 7
don't know what will be done with
them if the shipments keep up much
longer. - Chicago Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-12

"Yes, our only child" he replied,
brokcnly. Snow will you tell me how
you came by this cameo, for it is the
same2 ] took it to the person who
carved it for me SO long ago, and he
recognized it once, although it has been
| reset"
''Was it seventeen years ago that your
| child was stolen?' I asked eagerly.
eyes. What do you know Of it?' he
questioned, hoarsely.
Il know that l an your child, then"
After I had told the story so often re.
| peated to me by Mother Raynor they
were perfectly satisfied that I belonged
to them.
Their story was that my father had
| given his wife a necklace of diamonds,
and, seeing how pleased her baby was
with it,, she had shaken the stones be-
fore its eyes, and at last, in a spirit OF
fun, clasped it about the child's neck.
But she did not understand the fasten-
ing, and, as her husband was away
from home and she could not get the
| short chain over the child's head, she
was obliged 10 let the nurse put the in
FAINT to sleep with the glittering orna-
ment about its neck. But the tempta-
ton proved too great for the nurse, SO
she had taken baby quietly to a jewel
er's and had the neoklace unfastened.
The theory we, my new-found parents
and /, formed was, that becoming
frightened at her own exploit and not
daring to try to replace the baby-I can
never realize that hat baby was myself
lest she be discovered she concluded to
abandon it entirely.
"Now, where do these people live
who have cared so kindly for
you2 l must see them" said my
mother.
Reluctantly I gave the address. Jack
came straight to me after my mother
told her GRAND, and he looked SO old
and worn and haggard that I was lost il
pity for him.
We conversed long and lovingly.
"To-day is your birthday, my DEAR"
interrupted my new mother, brightly,
entering the room with Mother
Raynor, "anl if the other was spoiled
ask what you will and you may have
it."
"Tll take jack" ! said, gayly. ~.
2. Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-12

Most people sneeze il the course of
their lifetime, and ever in this country
there are many communities among
whom bystanders, upon such an occasion,
will exclaim, 'God bless you!' This is
designed to avert the evil omen. The
superstition was brought here from En-
gland and from most Of the northern
nations of Europe.
Many of our readers will recall what
Longfellow wrote of the custom in
Sweden, 'You sneeze, and The peasants
cry, God bless your
A writer at the beginning of this CEN
fury, r~emarking upon the customs #
Italy, says that when you sneeze,
seven in the threatres, men rise and
wish you FezScital'" The purport of
this is the same as the hearty Swedish
and English "God bless you'll
The origin of this custom in the
different countries of Europe was the
same, just as it's meaning is the same. It
has been traced to those visitations of
fearful pestilenee known as the Black
Death. One will read of it in England
in the time of Edward III. In 1850 this
plague swept over Sweden and Denmark.
Its rayages in those countries were so
great that the disease gained the namo
of the tiger death.
The earliest symptoms of an attack by
SO dread a pest was a sneeze. There
upon the plying ~bystanders, with sor-
rowing glance, would turn to the newly
marked victim, and exclaim, "May God
be with your
If this account of the custom be cor
rect, it will be seen in what good reason
the usage originated, and with what
want of all reason it continue in times
when q sneeze, at the worst indicates but
a triiing cold. Nevertheless, it is a
pleasant little custom, which does harm
to nobody, and W have not so many
acts of formal courtesy that it is neces-
sary to dispense with any of them
Youths C0mDani0n.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-12
TIE Tramp Came Out ahead.

During the carly days of the Union
Pacific, when Webster Snyder was gen.
eral superintendent, II. NJ. Hoxie was
his assistant. Snyder and Hoxie were
an active team, and one of them was
nearly always on the road, examining its
construction or supervising the details of
its conduct. At the time of which I
speak, the road was completed a.short
distance beyond Kearney, and Mr.. Hoxie
had been out to the end of the line and
was returning. The roadbed was natur-
ally very rough, and the progress of all
trains necessarily very slow. Somewhere
west of Kearney a tramp boarded Mr..
Hoxie's train, and attempted to work
the conductor for a free ride to Omaha.
The conductor resisted his pea, but his
opportunities became so pressing aud
pathetic that he was finally referred to
Mr.. Hoxie.
"Let you ride to Omaha for nothing?"
said he, when application was mad4 to
him. mo. When we get to the next
station the conductor will put you off"
The order was strictly obeyed, and
the discounted beat forced out of the
car and on to the depot platform at
Kcarney. To say chat Mr.. Hoxie was
surprised when, upon alighting from
the train at Omaha, the first person that
he encountered was the identical tramp
would be to put it very mildly.
"How did you get here9' inquired
the official.
The tramp tenderly and mysteriously
caught Dir. Hoxie's sleeve and pulled
him around behind the car and out Of
the hearing of the crowd. 81 didn't
want to give your old road away to the
mob" said the tramp
~ walked" p Omaha Void.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-12
Too Much PhuSicaL Culture.

By the by, now this modern physical
culture is being done to death, and
what nonsense it generally is! l have
heard long lectures ON lis advantages,
have looked at the mistress of the prin-
ciple, and concluded that, physically, I
would remain unculturcd in preference
to having a horsey rather than a woman
ly look. just think over the list, and
see if you can remember n of the ,peo.
pie who have this fad who is fit to look
at. They may cultivate their muscle,
but gentlewomen are not going into the
business of trunk lifting. Good walks
in the sun-Walks that are pleasures
good times and plenty of good food
form the best physical culture magma
BILE. Fiat shoes that hurt ones feet and
are. hideous are part Of this crankiness,
and underclothes with no line of grace
are usually insisted upon, and they are
absolutely immoral. Getting out of
onem almost means taking OH your skin,
and even in the interests of the nation, a
self respecting woman should refuse to
wear such 'beastIy affairs. Dolly, I once
saw a physical culture woman undressed,
and she looked exactly like the clown
in the %pantomine, the one whose white
clothes are always tremendously big fol,
him, and she told me that I had no
idea of comfort. But, poor soul, she
knew no better-while, as for her hus-
band, physical culture, as practiced by
her, drove him to cultivate the society
Of a young person utterly devoid Of the
knowledge of the meaning of culture,
but dressed like a Christian. This was
the result Of an ismi-MeW York Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-12
Queer Phaht Of WiId Ducks.

One cold winter morning a party of
sporssmen started off in a boat on q
duck.shooting ezpeditioS on a lake in
South Germany. It hadsrained shortly
before, and the rain had frozen as soon
as 1t reached the ground. Our sports.
men approached an island the shore Of
which abounded in reeds, where they
expected to find plenty Of game. On
getting quite close to the island they
saw, to their establishment, a number of
wild ducks clumsily waddling along on
The land, without attempting to take
flight. Stimulated BIZ curiosity tbs
members Of the party abstaincd FROM
firing, but tried to get as close as posi-
bleto the birds. Great was their sur
prise to find this e perfectly easy task;
for they actually managed to seize several
of them with their hands. The mystery
was explained: The icy rain had, SO to
speak, glued their feathers into a solid.
mass, and made ii impossible for the
poor creatures to use their wings. AS
might be naturally expected, the lucky
sportsmen collected the whole flock Of
wild ducks with no more excrtioa than
you would pick up ripe apples under the
trees.-Wssnsr Prose-.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-12
An EnchG nge of Tresses,

A funny story is being told in which
two Russian noblemen and a favorits
Partisan actress played the principal
parts. Both of the Russians were
suitors for the lady's hand, and both
seemed to be equally esteemed by her.
It appears that in Russia, as well as in
many other countries, a. lock of hair. is
considered a signal pledge of tender
passion, but few of the French divini.
ties are endowed with profusc cheye-
lures; and, if they were, th~eeincessdG,
demand would soon exhaust the supply.
Mile. Alice glories in the possession Of
auburn ringlets, and wouldn't part with
one Of them for less than a duchy. Her
Russian admirers, the Count de L. and
the Baron de NJ, beth happened to
have hair of the same golden hue as that
Of their mutual dulcinea. Each begged
a tress of her hair in exchange for a
lock Of his own; to which the charm
ing creature readily assented, and,
without touching a single tuft of her
head, cunningiy managed to effect an
exchange of parcels by which each gen
TENN received a curl Of his rivals
capillaries. The Count now wears the
Baron's hair next his heart. and tho
Baron sleeps with the Count, scalplock
under his pillow. Paris Paper.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-12
VI Citu of Roses.

New Orleans is said to be delightful
In the late fall months, before the winter
sins set in, but [ believe it looks its best
n March and April. This is owing tc
the roses. If the town was not attached
to the name of the Crescent City, it
might very we'll adopt the title of the
City of Roses. So kind are climate and
soil that the magnificent varieties of this
queen of flowers, which at the north
bloom only in lighthouses, or with great
care are planted out doors in the heat of
our summer, thrive here in the open air
in prodigal abundance and beauty. In
April the town is literally empowered in
them; they fill door-yards and gardens,
they overrun the porchcs, they climb the
sides of the houses, they spread over the
trees, they take possession of t~rel!ises
and fences and walls, pertaining the air
and embracing the heart with color. In
the outlying parks, like that of the
Jockey Club and the fQrist's gardens at
Carrollton, there are fields of them,
acres of tho finest sorts, waving in the
spring wind. Alas! can beauty ever sat.
isfy? This wonderful spectacle fills one
with l know not what exquisite longing.
These flowers pervade the town, old
women ON the street corners sit behind
banks of them, the florists windows
blush with them, friends dispatch to
each other great baskets of them, the
favorites at the theatre and the amera,
teur performers stand behind high bar
ricades of roses which the good humored
audience piles upon the stage, everybody
carries roses and wears roses, and the
houses overflow with them. In this pas
sion for flowers you MY read a promi-
nent trait of the people. For myself, I
like to see q spot On this earth where
beauty is enjoyed for itself and let to
run to waste, but if ever the industrial
spirit of the French-Italians should pre-
vail along the littoral of Louisiana and
Mississippi, the raising of flowers Tor the
manufacture of perfumes would become
a most profitable industry. -Harper's
Ndgd=lHe.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-12

The art OF instantaneous photography
has SO far been developed, says the New
York Commercial, that instruments are
NOV, made which, with a single lens,
will take an indefinite number of plates
with n d second. In New York a young
physician has succeeded in perlecting an
Instrument of the most ingenious kind,
which with q lens and a revolving plate
will take six different views of any
object within the s. cond. He has thus
been enabled to photograph the move
ment Of q rabbits heart and of otkct,
internal organs, both in their natural
states and when under the influences OF
diffGent drugs. This demonstrates the
valuable side Of the invention. A moro
amusing result has followed similar
experiments in France, where an enter
prising EDITOR has taken hold of
the idfA and applied it to the interview.
Whvl one reporter makes notes of the
gs Of some distinguished person,
y&gfher holds the detective camera upon
him and is enabled the next day to.
string out a series Of truthful illustra-
tons showing the expression, gesture and
movement of the interviewed person.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-12
Readtna Characters by Feet.

european papers recently received
state that a Frenchman named Garre
has discovered a new method Of reading
character. He does not examine the
bumps On the head, the contour of
the features on the lines of the hand.
He looks at the discarded boot, shoe or
slipper last worn by the Individual
whose character is to be delineated. He
designates the result of his inyestiea.
tons as s~tscrapology," a word not found
in any dictionary, but which conveys its
own Specification. Many persons de-
clare that he is able to delineatc charac-
ter by means Of an old shoe in a manner
that is perfectly surprising.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-12
The language OF the Eaa..

In estimating human character the ear
affords q better criterion than any of the
other TEXTURES. An ear which presents
10 well-defeed elevations and depres-
sions indicates sclfshness and want of
delicacy and perception The possessor
Of a-thick, w~eil-shapcd, highly tinted
appendage, set well forward, is usually
unsrafeful, grasping and lacking in
depth Of feelings. Al thin ear indicates
keen susceptibility, and an ear that pro-
jects from tho head, alertaess. a broad
ear is more coarsely practical. T . per-
feet esr is one which lies close to the
head, and i gracefully rounded with
pretty curves, strong lines. andsdsm, del
icatefy tinted eartilags.-Msdleal md
SusuieaI Journal
The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-12
A Shine.

Out on a hill by the side Of a river,
Kissed by the wind blowing over the lea,
Wooed by sweet sunbeams that sparkle and
gu yer,
Is q shrine ever sacred to me
So sacred and holy 10 me.
For that shrine holds a treasure. more price
less than ever
Shrines he d, tho their Notaries number
less be
And that sun caressed spot by the side of the
river
Draws hither but me
Draws hilher to prayer but me.
And thus may it be, till my sad course is
ended,
And the watch by the shrine on the hill
side is past,
When the last sacred offering of love is ex-
pended
Imay lie down beside it at last
may sieeo by the shriae at last
-Ihomas Ryderin Wiihesbarre Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-12
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
n1lts are thick where love is thin.

Faults are thick where love is thin.
Everybody is wise after the event.
Happiness is where it is found AND
seldom where it is sought.
Gratitude is the most dignihed return
YOU can lavish on your benefactors.
Some people are like a boys rocking
horse: full of motion, but no progress.
Those are Weather than all who have
trampled underfoot the desire for riches.
An open mind, an. open hand md an
open heart, will everywhere find an opeF
doo~.
F~retfulness of temper will general!
characterize those who are negligcntd
order.
Remember that valuable is the gig
sccech, the gift of silence is often much
pIe precious.
Gamities are more active than friend
Jhips. Many persons will go further to
CRAFTY Q grudge than to reward a merit.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-12
SCRAP

Snow is composed of fine crystals of
various forms, as anyone can satisfy
himself by examination with a micro
scope. The snowfakes in each particu-
lar storm have similar general character
istics, based probably on the electrical
conditions of tho atmosphere from
whence the storms proceed.
Almost everywhere coal must be
brought up from great depths, as the
coal measures are often covered by the
secondary and even tertiary strata. The
coal measures of the United States are
not generally so deep as those of Eng
land. States occur usually among rocks
still older than the coal measures.
An attempt to infuse new vigor into
the degencrationg potato by crossing
the cultivated varieties with the wild
plant has been for two or three seasons
in progress at Reading, England, and
has proven very successful thus far. The
hybrid plants produce a good yield OF
tubers of excellent form and quality.
The coast of Norway is sinking gradu-
ally, while that of Sweden is emerging
moro and more, and the Baltic is becom-
ing shallower. Landmarks made on the
Swedish coast by the celebrated natural
ist, Linneus, at the beginning of the
eighteenth century, shows that this up
heaval raises the coast about four feet IN
the course of a century.
A new work by DR.. Louis Jobert
states that no purely left-handed race
has ever been discovered, although sew
entv per cent. of the inhabitants of the
Penjab use the left hand by preference
as do also the larger part of the Hotten-
tots and Bushmen of South Africa. In
a study of criminals, DIR. Mario has
found that from fourteen to twenty two
per cent. of convicts were heft-handed,
the highest ratio among the people OF
all classes being only uine in the hun
dred.
That surgery has reached the stage
where no further advance need be ex-
pected, was recently expressed as the
opinion of DR.. Erickson, a distinguished
British surgeon. On the other hand,
Sir w. Stokes, president of the College
Of Surgeons in Ireland, anticipates a
great future development of antiseptic
surgery, declares brain surgery to be yet
in its infancy, and believes it quite
probable hat in time diseased lungs
nav be found amcnable to surgical
treatment.
Cne of the most interesting stations Of
prehistoric man in France is found at
5olutre. and, while containing numer-
JUS human remains, with stone imple-
nents, ETC., is chiefly remarkable for the
enormous deposit of horse bones accu-
nulated about the stone hearths. A
wall five feet high, eleven to fourteen
yards long, and four and one-half feet
wide is composed entirely of these
equine remains. DR.. Cartailhac esti-
mates that 40, 900 skeletons might be re-
constructed from the bones,
and he assumes that the horse
must have reached its greatest develop
nent and served in place of all other
game at the time when the ancient hun
borg loft tho communications at this nlann.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-12
stna,ltar Effect of nocnsne.

Ex-surgeon General w. A. Hammond
says: "one singular efec. of cocaine is
that it will induce people to speak who
are aft cited with silent m~elancholia. A
woman who hal not spoken for nine
months began to talk within four min
utes after ! had injected four grains, and
III ten minutes she talked at a rate that
made up for lost time. Nothing could
stop her. Whether this property Of e.
came IS beneficial and desirable depends.
perhaps upon c.rcn nstances.n